Portimonense hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 6 points and a 16th position in the Primeira Liga table. Visiting Santa Clara holds 7th place with 12 pts.
The visiting Santa Clara played their last game only four days ago, a Primeira Liga match.
Portimonense form and stats
Portimonense have played 4 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Three consecutive losses here at Estadio Municipal de Portimao is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
In their previous game, the manager António Folha led his Portimonense to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Benfica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estadio Municipal de Portimao. Preceding that game was the away draw at Gil Vicente that finished 1-1.
Portimonense were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Portimonense perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portimonense as a small favourite), we find three games. Portimonense has won 2 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Portimonense aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Municipal de Portimao in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Portimonense have conceded 7 from these games.
Santa Clara form and stats
1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Santa Clara playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. Santa Clara has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Santa Clara's last game was the home draw against Vitória Setúbal (1-1). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Sporting Braga's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Santa Clara playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were 1 Santa Clara win, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Santa Clara are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. As opposed to that, Santa Clara have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Portimonense victories, 4 draws and 3 Santa Clara wins. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 
Aylton Boa Morte
2 goals
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Dener
1 goals
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Iury
1 goals
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Portimonense missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Portimonense | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 5 | 6.9 |
| 5.1 | 7 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Portimonense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Portimonense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portimonense have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Santa Clara have scored away.
- Portimonense have yet to win a game at home.
- Santa Clara have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Santa Clara have created more than twice as many corners as Portimonense.
- Santa Clara have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 24 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 22 |
| 3 | Famalicão | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Vitória Guimarães | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Boavista | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Tondela | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Marítimo | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Vitória Setúbal | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 3 |